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  • Mountain Daddy's Fate: A Mountain Man's Baby, Second Chance Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Daddy's Fate: A Mountain Man's Baby, Second Chance Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "A secret this BIG is what broke us in the first place."Three things I know about Eli:1. I broke his heart over a decade ago.2. The reason I left him was unspeakable . A secret I've kept hidden all these years.3. Even though I'm engaged to another man I'm still madly in love with him . How is this my life!?!Eli's about to receive the biggest shock of his life...
  • Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Can't Help Falling In Love by Erika Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.Until he runs into her, the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas..
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  • Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness. Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base.After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own.Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
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    secret child  suspense  military  contemporary  m-f
  • Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Saving Gavin: A Second Chance Military Romance by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I let her go before I enlisted. I left my heart with her. Now I’m home for good – my world has changed, my sight gone. Not only do I have to be with her every day as I learn to navigate the world around me, but I have to come face to face with my regrets.She deserves more than me.I need her.I want her...
  • Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Owned by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 5 of the rockstar series, Lost in Oblivion.   Music kept them going. Now it's torn them apart…   Guitarist Nick Crandall lost the most important thing in his life—his band—just as he was falling in love. A year has passed, and Oblivion is returning from hiatus...
  • Hard by Donna Alam

    Hard by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man walks into a coffee shop and gets offered a job in p0rn. Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Or every man’s fantasy. Until I remember I’m trying to be a good man. A single father. One who doesn’t do casual relationships, Let alone get paid for sex. But for those curves and that mouth? Any man might change his mind. ~*~ It was an honest mistake . .
  • The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    The Rage of Reading by Elizabeth N. Harris

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything people avoided. Shy, socially awkward, terrified of her own shadow and far too happy in her own company. He was a prospect, not a full brother but he was interested, and in more than one night. Then another brother tells him to lay claim or he will. If a brother lays claim to her it's done and dusted, finished. He was only a prospect...
  • Aces MC Series Complete Box Set by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Aces MC Series Complete Box Set by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Over 400,000 words. Four complete novels. Four never before seen bonus scenes. Four protective men. Four strong women. Four stories that will break your heart and then piece it back together again...
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    secret child  contemporary  bikers  bad boys  abuse
  • Forever Yours by Debbie Johnson

    Forever Yours by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gemma knows perfectly well how one moment can change your life forever. That's why, for two decades, she's lived life by the rulebook.But this year, everything is different. The beloved daughter she gave up for adoption all those years ago is about to turn eighteen - and that means, there's a chance of being found.For the first time in her life, Gemma can no longer run from her secrets...
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    secret child  contemporary  audiobook
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They had a single night of passion before he deployed on a risky mission. 18 hours on a mission gone very wrong was all it took to shatter all their hopes and dreams. The hero: He survived 6 months of captivity and torture, kept alive by dreams of her. The heroine: She thought he was dead and moved on only to have her world fall apart once again...
  • After All by Heidi McLaughlin

    After All by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin comes a heartfelt story about overcoming great loss and forgiving past sins to find happiness again. Brooklyn Hewett hasn’t set foot in Cape Harbor for fifteen years—not since an accident claimed the love of her life, Austin Woods. Desperate to move forward, Brooklyn has focused on raising her daughter for the past fourteen years...
  • Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak

    Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs, where no past mistake is so big the heart can't find a way to fix it. Jada Brooks couldn't have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn't have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled...
  • Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Taken by a Trillionaire by Melody Anne, Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Three New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. One wild project. Taken by a Trillionaire is an escapism fantasy that was born at a party at RWA. Over cocktails, J.S. Scott, Melody Anne, and Ruth Cardello laughed as they plotted this book with the help of two industry friends, Chris and Brian...
  • Snared by L.L. Collins

    Snared by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BEAU has never known a good life, only the torment that lives inside his head every day. The only way to block out the darkness that shrouds him is through the rhythmic beat of his drums. Knowing what happens when he opens up to anyone, Beau buries his pain deep inside, keeping it all to himself. APRIL has lived a life of wealth and privilege, full of love and support...
  • A Christmas Wish: Dane by Liliana Hart

    A Christmas Wish: Dane by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR** Dear Readers, A CHRISTMAS WISH is a continuation of Dane MacKenzie's story, DANE, which can be found for free at all retailers. It is highly recommended that you start with DANE since A CHRISTMAS WISH takes up where that novella ends...
  • One Hundred Chances: An Aspen Cove Romance Book 21 by Kelly Collins

    One Hundred Chances: An Aspen Cove Romance Book 21 by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Aspen Cove, where there is always a second chance for a first love…Veterinarian Sara Arden made a mistake when she was a sixteen-year-old girl. The mistake wasn’t in falling in love with rancher Lloyd Dawson. It wasn’t even in getting pregnant. Sure, that part could have waited, but the mistake was in never telling him she had his daughter...
  • My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A secret baby and a second chance...Suzie gets a shock when her ex turns up all the way from England. But it's nothing compared to the shock he gets when he finds out what she's been keeping from him.My Mountain Man Returns is a secret baby, second chance romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy girl he tracks halfway across the world...
  • His Hush-Hush Baby - A Billionaire's Secret Baby Romance by Holly Rayner

    His Hush-Hush Baby - A Billionaire's Secret Baby Romance by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ”Billionaire, charmer, hottie... crook?By the time I found out, I was already pregnantNow I’ve got to keep my feelings a secret, along with my baby!”Diane Johansen has enough on her plate without worrying about finding a guy. As a professional artist whose work leaves her with little time for anything else, all thoughts of pursuing a love besides art seem far away...
  • Five Babies For The Boss by Layla Valentine

    Five Babies For The Boss by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I had the deal of the century sitting in my lap.But to close it, I needed a new image.So, I signed up to ‘borrow’ a mom and her baby...
  • Lover's Leap by Emily March

    Lover's Leap by Emily March

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Readers have fallen in love with Eternity Springs, the magical town in Emily March’s beloved series where something wonderful happens to hearts in need of healing.   Twenty years ago the town bad boy, Cam Murphy, left Eternity Springs in handcuffs, riding in the back of a sheriff’s van . . . and breaking young Sarah Reese’s heart. The defiant teenager vowed never to return...
  • Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series Box Set by Tiffany Foss, Mia Brown

    Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series Box Set by Tiffany Foss, Mia Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For 2 days only get the entire Hot Man's Secret Baby Romance Series on KU.Hot Man's Single Mom’s Secret BabyHot Bodyguard’s Secret BabyHot Rockstar’s Secret BabyHot Priest’s Secret BabyAll have an HEA and were previously released as separate books...
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    secret child  contemporary  humor  sports
  • Lords Of The White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Lords Of The White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown...
  • Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard

    Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Betrayal. Retribution. Redemption? Six years ago, tough-as-nails military contractor Bobby Taggart met the woman of his dreams in war-torn Kabul—a sexy, whip-smart war correspondent who approached him at a local bar, took him to bed, made him fall in love…and then mysteriously disappeared...
  • Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf

    Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In this beautifully executed continuation of The Road to Avalon , her earlier depiction of sixth-century Britain, Wolf tells the story of Niniane, a Celtic princess, and Ceawlin, bastard son of the King of the West Saxons. Eighty years after the death of Arthur, the Celts are disorganized, drifting away from the cities built by the Romans...
  • Bad Habits by Sienna Mynx

    Bad Habits by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Simone Livingston wants desperately to start again. She and her husband Keith have both agreed that their marriage is worth saving. Despite the deep betrayal and lies she's suffered thanks to his infidelity. Their arrival in a small town run by the wealthy conniving Hollingsworths tests her faith in her husband and the sacred vows of her marriage...
  • It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance...
  • Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Make You Mine by Niobia Bryant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can two strangers make that lovin' feelin' last?Three months after a first date that ended in a night of explosive passion, Caress Coleman and Julius Jones find themselves somewhere between roommates with benefits and true love. She's smart, beautiful, and one paycheck away from broke. He's smart, handsome, and very successful. But that's just the beginning of their differences. . .
  • Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram

    Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 6 ratings
    The redhead hooted gleefully and grappled Julitta to him, spinning her round adroitly so that she could only kick back at his legs. He heaved her from her feet and slung her over his shoulder. He tried to kiss her, but she ducked her head into the cloak so that her crown caught his chin and made his teeth clack. "Let me go!" she gasped...
  • Reunited: A Novella by Helen Hardt

    Reunited: A Novella by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    True love comes once in a lifetime. Will she grab her second chance? When Kathryn Abbott moves back to her hometown following her divorce, she doesn’t expect to run into Brett Falcone, the Italian Stallion. If possible, he’s even more appealing than he was twenty years ago when she, the nerd queen, tutored the popular baseball star...
    Categorized as:
    secret child  contemporary
  • One Big Surprise by J.P. Comeau

    One Big Surprise by J.P. Comeau

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll admit, the life of a lonely, single mom is messy. But when I move to California for a fresh start, And discover my new boss is a one-night stand from four years ago…Things turn from messy to bizarre.That cute surfer dude with the perfect smile, tan ripped abs, and blonde tousled hair…Still leaves me speechless.But a lot has changed.He’s rich.He’s unknowingly my daughter’s daddy...
  • Tommy's Baby (SEAL Daddies) by Annie J. Rose

    Tommy's Baby (SEAL Daddies) by Annie J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tommy O’Shea. The love of my life. The one that got away.Correction, the one I let get away.Now, a decade later, it’s still the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.Even bigger than the one that’s got me on the run for my life.I need to get out of town, change my name, start over. But where?Then a picture in a magazine draws me in.It’s him. My Tommy. He’s living and thriving in paradise...
  • Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose

    Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be the nanny for my bestie’s niece? Perfect.The widowed single dad?Temptation in the flesh.The job would be greatIf I could stop fantasizing about Jack.Piercing green eyes, stern jaw, always serious.How hot would it be if he ever lost control?One night of passion leaves me brokenhearted.He vowed never to risk his heart again after his wife died...
  • July's Ride with Juice by Eve London

    July's Ride with Juice by Eve London

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Get ready for July's ride with Juice, a friends to lovers, secret baby, curvy girl MC club romance!Welcome to Mustang Mountain, where engines roar and loyalty reigns supreme. Beneath the shadowy peaks of the mountain, the Mustang Mountain Riders defend their ground against a dangerous gang trying to take over their small town...
  • The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon

    The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The King is dead. Long live the King. With King Philip IV dead, and the Kingdom left in disarray, as the fatal curse of the Templars plagues the royal house of France. Imprisoned in Chateau Gaillard, Marguerite of Burgundy has fallen into disgrace. Her infidelity has left her estranged husband, Louis X King of France, with neither heir nor wife...
  • Hunt Her Down by Roxanne St. Claire

    Hunt Her Down by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    SOME VENDETTAS ARE HARD TO FORGET. Fourteen years ago, undercover FBI agent Dan Gallagher watched his lover, Maggie Varcek, flee into the Miami night as gunfire exploded around them. Now a Bullet Catcher, Dan has learned that drug lord Ramon Jimenez is out of prison after the FBI bust Maggie unwittingly aided, and is looking for revenge...
  • The Bratva’s Secret Baby by Deva Blake

    The Bratva’s Secret Baby by Deva Blake

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m forced to marry my ruthless Bratva ex. How long until he finds out that my child is his heir?After his rejection, I took my baby far away from the city and got a job as a librarian.I loved my innocent life, but now I’m forced to enter a marriage pact…With the Bratva daddy who once turned me down.I see him everyday in my child’s blue eyes.But I refuse to live in the past...
  • Barefoot with a Bad Boy by Roxanne St. Claire

    Barefoot with a Bad Boy by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A man who trusts no one is forced to believe the unbelievable... For years, former spy Gabriel Rossi has been secretly searching for CIA linguist Isadora Winter, a woman he loved and lost long ago. But recently, he learned of her untimely death in an accident...and death of her son named Gabe...
  • Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
  • In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley

    In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The unforgettable Margaret of Ashbury returns in the second book of the trilogy that began with A Vision of Light . Margaret, a resourceful midwife, is living with the insufferable relatives of her third husband, Gilbert de Vilers, known as Gregory. She is carving out a life for herself and her daughters despite the hostility and greed of her in-laws...
  • The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    THE HEIRS OF CAHIRA O’CONNOR SERIESBOOK TWOA line of women who would be warriors for truth“It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O’Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow after her, bright stars who would break forth from the courses to which they are bound and restore right in this...
  • A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick

    A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper, and royal servant John FitzGilbert is one of them. But when the old king dies and his successor is appointed, John faces a terrible choice: he must join the rival faction-his enemies- or risk losing everything. His new wife helps him carry his burden, but his final choice will seal not only her fate, but those of his young children...
  • Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series. Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to insure the royal succession...
  • The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    The Golden Cross by Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O'Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow after her, bright stars who would break forth from the courses to which they are bound and restore right in this murderous world..
  • Profited by Lacey Black

    Profited by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night. Let go. Be free. Even at an early age, Reid Hunter’s future was already planned out. Though he was groomed to become successor of the family business, he quickly discovered his destiny wasn’t through his family’s legacy, but to build his own empire. His plan: takeover Vegas, one building at a time...
  • Four Times A Daddy by Layla Valentine

    Four Times A Daddy by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He broke her heart, and her four babies never got a chance to know him,Now he’s back and keen to pick up where they left off,But how will he react to learning he’s a daddy, times four?HIM:Everyone I’ve ever loved, I’ve let down,Molly was the best person I ever knew, and when things got tough I ran,But ever since then, I’ve done everything in my power to make myself a man worthy of her love...
  • 4 SEAL Daddies by Sofia T Summers

    4 SEAL Daddies by Sofia T Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One night in Vegas, and four tough Navy SEALs led to a secret that no one can find out about.Seven years have passed since the night that changed everything.I was their princess -- The girl they pleasured until the wee hours of the morning.Today, their princess has her own princess to protect.My daughter.Enter my ex-Navy SEALs once again...
  • Wee William's Woman, Book Three of The Clan MacDougall Series by Suzan Tisdale

    Wee William's Woman, Book Three of The Clan MacDougall Series by Suzan Tisdale

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Scotland, 1345 They call him Wee William. Though he stands nearly seven feet tall, with arms and legs the size of tree trunks and hands as big as buckets, there is nothing wee about him. His scowl alone is enough to make most men's bones rattle with fear. And women, rather than swooning, tend to run in the opposite direction...
  • Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Two very different women are linked by destiny and the struggle for the English crown. Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to William D'Albini, a warrior of the opposition. Both women are strong and prepared to stand firm for what they know is right...
  • A Measure of Love by Sophie Jackson

    A Measure of Love by Sophie Jackson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From award-winning fanfic phenomenon Sophie Jackson, the third novel in the sexy and emotionally intense blockbuster A Pound of Flesh series. Life in New York for ex-con Riley Moore is pretty damn good, until a call from his mother shatters the calm: his father has suffered his second heart attack in two years and is in a critical condition...
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